One of the biggest challenges to a biblical faith is that as we open the pages of the Bible we are faced not with a sweet romanticism but a history bathed in blood. To make the problem stickier, as we open to Deuteronomy chapter seven it is none other than the God of heaven who calls for his people to execute a holy war.

Our walls in our bedrooms and in our living rooms reveal a lot about where our lives are focused. That is why the Jewish prophet Moses advised his people to hang up something very important on the walls of their homes. What was it?

All great men and women have one thing in common--they are focused. They pour it out for a cause that is worth living for. If someone asked you to summarize your life in one simple sentence could you do it? What would you say?

God is not often presented as the powerful judge of the universe whose very presence causes all men, great and small, to cringe in fear before his awesome presence. If you have not seen the Father’s Old Testament holiness, you will never appreciate the reason for the pain and suffering of Calvary.

When we do wrong, our own conscience and guilt knows something needs to be done to make our case before the true, moral judge of the universe. Who is your mediator before the court of divine justice?

The true God defines idolatry on a far deeper level than whether or not you kneel before statues.

The true God defines idolatry on a far deeper level than whether or not you kneel before statues.

Why did he close the BIG TEN with “Thou Shalt Not Covet?”

Why did he close the BIG TEN with “Thou Shalt Not Covet?”

The ability to tell a lie in high drama is cultivated during years of deceit beginning with the little things. Truth is hard to get at.The Jewish prophet Moses knew this when he read the writing on the tablets from the finger of God--"Thou shalt not give false testimony against your neighbor."